Rumor has it that after their poor showing in the 2014 World Cup, England will be recruiting from the Royal Navy to assemble their 2018 team. Let's see how those opposing attackers do against a GAU-8 firing 30mm shells at a rate of over 4,000 per minute.

Quoting Matt Bace
Thanks! Too bad that this Goalkeeper is too big to be used in any practical ship model (it's about twice minifig scale). Otherwise, I might be tempted to build a model of the HMS Illustrious to make a home for it.

Yeah, too bad. That how true creations are made though! One small thing is created for a completly different project and then you decide to build some huge thing because of that tiny thing...

Quoting Nick Barrett
Haha! We'll need something like this if we ever want to do well; right now our defence has more holes than a Swiss cheese... Still, well done USA!

Thanks! I didn't get to see the USA-Belgium match (I had to listen to it on the radio), but it sounds like our goalkeeper, Tim Howard put in a performance that was almost like this "Goalkeeper" despite the loss.

Quoting Joe Ramlet
Ha ha, funny! However, still a very nice build. Great job!

Thanks! Too bad that this Goalkeeper is too big to be used in any practical ship model (it's about twice minifig scale). Otherwise, I might be tempted to build a model of the HMS Illustrious to make a home for it.

Quoting Achintya Prasad
Heh, Clever! Kinda reminds me how after the US/Belgium match, some people went to the Wikipedia article about the Secretary of Defense for the US and changed it to make it appear that our own goalie, Tim Howard was our new Secretary ;-)

Howard wouldn't be the first athlete to have earned the title "Secretary of Defense", but the Wikipedia thing is new -- It reminds me of the time I looked up a list of prehistoric mammals on Wikipedia, and found Shaquille O'Neal about half way down the list. :-)

Heh, Clever! Kinda reminds me how after the US/Belgium match, some people went to the Wikipedia article about the Secretary of Defense for the US and changed it to make it appear that our own goalie, Tim Howard was our new Secretary ;-)